This isn’t about being distracted by the Donald Sterling drama, which takes a new twist every day.

It’s no longer about being fatigued.

The Thunder have played just as many games in just as many days as the Clippers.

This is much, much worse.

The Thunder just look like the better team.

And unless he Clippers figure out they have dirty things up with physical play and tough defense, rather than try to outgun the Thunder, it might be another second-round exit.

“We have to fight better defensively,” Rivers said.

And it starts with defending Westbrook and Durant, who again were too much to handle Friday even with Griffin breaking out of his two-game slump with 34 points and eight rebounds.

Paul’s 21 points and 16 assists look good, until you consider Westbrook was even more dominant with 23 points 13 assists and eight rebounds.

Griffin had a breakthrough night in this series.

But what does it matter when Durant is piling up another MVP-caliber stat line of 36 points, eight rebounds and six assists.

On top of Serge Ibaka coming up with 20 points?

“They make difficult shots,” Clippers guard J.J. Redick said. “When Westbrook and Durant get going, they make difficult shots. The thing that’s happened the last two games is they’ve had different guys step up.”